Priscilla Delgadillo, 13, and her sister Karen, 15, grew up in Los Angeles to an immigrant family. Their parents brought Karen to the States to bring her a better life. At a young age, she was molested by her uncles and

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her father’s roommates. No one was aware what was going on — Karen kept silent.

Julieta Mendez was born in Los Angeles. Her family was one of the first to arrive to the United States from Oaxaca. They’re of Zapotec descent. But Julieta didn’t really know that until an encounter in first grade.

About 4 million Dreamers, or undocumented youth, are living in the U.S. President Barack Obama has said they’re Americans in their hearts and mind, but not on paper. Victoria Dominguez, a 24-year-old Dreamer, shares why returning to Mexico wouldn’t mean she would be going home.

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Sonic Trace is a co-production of Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, KCRW and AIR, created as part of AIR's national Localore production, which has primary support from CPB. Additional Localore funding comes from the Wyncote Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. The project was co-produced by Zeega, a non-profit inventing new forms of interactive storytelling. Learn more at localore.net.